[ARC5] Way OT -- SX-28

[Bart Lee]

[ARC5] Way OT -- SX-28

Re SX-28:

FWIW the Radio Intelligence Division (under George Sterling) was an FCC
operation. The FCC used the SX-28 almost exclusively as its HF intercept,
DF and monitoring radio. There are photos of banks of them in the FBIS
operation -- FCC Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service.

See Lee, *Radio Spies*, 15 AWA Review 7 (2002) available at;
https://www.antiquewireless.org/wp-content/uploads/2002-AWA-Review-Vol.-15.pdf

The SX-28 was a top-of-the-line radio, and cost-effective for government
use.

73 de Bart, K6VK ##



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On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 6:06 PM MICHAEL BITTNER <mmab at cox.net> wrote:

> FBI also liked them.  See attachment. Mike, W6MAB
>
>
> > On August 3, 2021 at 8:29 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 4 digits is nuts, even if it was rebuilt by St. John the Baptist. Ebay
> sold listings shows $200 - 500,
> > which I would expect for Ebay. Hamfest, I think $250 - 300.
> > I also thought, sorry about this too, SX-28 were "flimsy". I don't feel
> they had the quality build the
> > competing Hammarlund product did. The FCC sure liked them, though.
> > -Hue
> >
> > >Hue, Regarding "I have not seen extraordinary prices for it at all". go
> to eBay and type in "SX-28 receiver". What is your evaluation of those
> prices? Extraordinary or not? Of course those are asking prices and we
> don't what they will sell for if at all. i see one presently has 17 lookers
> and I'm one of em. Mike W6MAB
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